Introductory remarks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20316033 |
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| Authors | D G King‐hele (British Science Association, corresponding author), Desmond George King-Hele (Chairman, British National Committee for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology) |
| Editors | Reginald Victor Jones (Chairman, British National Committee for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology), William Drummond MacDonald Paton (Chairman, British National Committee for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-3 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-9149 • E-ISSN: 1743-0178 |
| Publisher | The Royal Society (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1098/rsnr.1988.0002 |
| OpenAlex | W2752412093 |
| Language | EN |
We are meeting to mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of Sir Isaac Newton’s greatest work. As you can see opposite, the title-page has, in rather large letters, an Imprimatur by Samuel Pepys, President of the Royal Society, and so the book is very firmly linked with the Society. But unfortunately the Society in 1686 did not have enough money to pay for publication, and the financing and proof reading were undertaken by the man who had originally persuaded Newton to write the book, Edmond Halley. Just one year after the Imprimatur, on 5 July 1687, Halley was able to tell Newton that printed copies were available
Art · Art history · Political science · Reading (process) · Classics · History of Medicine Studies · Law · Medical History and Innovations
| Highly cited | No |
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